Sensor Data Correlation and Analysis Platform

1. A sensor data correlation and analysis system comprising one or more sensor modules, wherein each sensor module collects one or more measurements associated with one or more of diagnosis, preventative maintenance, and repair of an item being monitored; and a base unit operably couplable to the one or more sensor modules and to a computational device, the base unit providing a communication interface between the one or more sensor modules and the computational device, the computational device being separate from the item being monitored, wherein the computational device receives data comprising the one or more measurements associated with one or more of diagnosis, preventative maintenance, and repair of the item being monitored, wherein the computational device stores the measurements in a repair and maintenance profile associated with the item being monitored; and wherein the computational device receives a notification when the computational device is within a close proximity to the item being monitored and having a designated work assignment.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the base unit is configured to provide power to a connected sensor module of the one or more sensor modules.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein a measurement is one or more of a temperature measurement, a pressure measurement, a digital image, a thermal image captured by a microbolometer, data from a network analyzer, and data from a spectrum analyzer.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein individual ones of the one or more sensor modules and the base unit include first and second interface modules, wherein a connected sensor module of the one or more sensor modules and the base unit communicate over the first and second interface modules.

5. A sensor data correlation and analysis system comprising a central server, one or more sensor modules, wherein each sensor module collects one or more measurements associated with one or more of diagnosis, preventative maintenance, and repair of an item being monitored; and a base unit operably couplable to the one or more sensor modules, and a computational device in communication with the base unit and the central server wherein the base unit providing a communication interface between the one or more sensor modules and the computational device, the computational device being separate from the item being monitored, wherein the computational device receives data comprising the one or more measurements associated with one or more of diagnosis, preventative maintenance, and repair of the item being monitored, wherein the computational device stores the measurements in a repair and maintenance profile associated with the item being monitored; and wherein the central server is configured to transmit a notification to the computational device when the computational device is within a close proximity to the item being monitored and having a designated work assignment.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the base unit is configured to provide power to a connected sensor module of the one or more sensor modules.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein a measurement is one or more of a temperature measurement, a pressure measurement, a digital image, a thermal image captured by a microbolometer, data from a network analyzer, and data from a spectrum analyzer.

8. The system of claim 5 wherein individual ones of the one or more sensor modules and the base unit include first and second interface modules, wherein a connected sensor module of the one or more sensor modules and the base unit communicate over the first and second interface modules.

9. The system of 5 wherein the computational device includes one or more on board sensors, wherein the individual ones of the on board sensors include one of GPS, accelerometer, magnetometer, compass, camera, and Wifi information.

10. A method comprising steps of coupling a sensor module to a base unit configured to couple to individual ones of a plurality of sensor modules, wherein each sensor module collects a sensor reading in the form of one or more measurements associated with one or more of diagnosis, preventative maintenance, and repair of an item being monitored; detecting the coupling of the sensor module to the base unit, providing power from the base unit to the sensor module, notifying a computational unit of the coupling of the sensor module to the base unit, the computational device being separate from the item being monitored, and sending one or more sensor readings from the sensor module to the base unit, wherein the sensor readings comprising measurements associated with one or more of diagnosis, preventative maintenance, and repair of the item being monitored are stored in a repair and maintenance profile associated with the item being monitored; and wherein the computational device receives a notification when the computational device is within a close proximity to the item being monitored and having a designated work assignment.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of the computational unit receiving information about the attached sensor module.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of the computational unit receiving one or more sensor readings from the base unit.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the step of the computational unit receiving one or more sensor readings from the base unit includes the computational unit requesting one or more sensor readings from the base unit.

14. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of sending one or more sensor readings from the sensor module to the base unit includes the base unity requesting one or more sensor readings from the sensor module.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the step of requesting one or more sensor readings from the sensor module includes one of user initiated or automatic triggering of a request of one or more sensor readings from the sensor module upon the base unit detecting the coupling of a sensor.

16. The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of displaying one or more sensor readings to a user at the base unit.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the base unit is configured to conduct sensor specific data processing and display to the user.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the data processing includes one or more of temporal filtering, spatial filtering, Kalman filtering, bad data interpretations, signal amplification, and digital gain correction.

19. The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of sensing a sensor module has been removed.

20. The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of sensing a sensing application on the computational device is halted.